Work & commute · Meredith

Work & commute in Meredith, NY

Most working residents leave Meredith for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Delhi (18%), New York (8%) and Oneonta (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 553 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 541 Meredith residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meredith.

541live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meredith goes to work

Delhi6.6 mi away

18%102

New York128.5 mi away

8%43

Oneonta9 mi away

7%36

Oneonta9.2 mi away

5%30

Stamford14.1 mi away

5%28

Kortright8.5 mi away

4%24

Albany61.8 mi away

4%22

Davenport6.5 mi away

3%14

Walton16.3 mi away

2%12

Meredith (in town)right here

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%230

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Meredith commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

32%

27%

35%

32%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meredith is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.11 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Meredith are

63 jobs are based in Meredith. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Meredith’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Meredith

63 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Meredith residents hold

553 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−63%

Jobs based in Meredith, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 63. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.